Civic Democratic Party

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic that was founded on 21 April 1991 by Vaclav Klaus. The party was founded as the pro-free market wing of the Civic Forum party and was modelled after the UK Conservative Party, and it remained in the Czech government for most of the republic's independence after winning the 1992 legislative election. From 2002 to 2006 and from 2013, the party was in opposition.